Google Offers Accepting Business Sign-ups in Portland
Business owners in Portland, Oregon, can now sign up for Google Offers Beta. Google is promising businesses on the Offers website that the Groupon-style program, which went live last week , will help bring in new customers, with Google handling all the marketing to users who have subscribed to receive offers to buy a deal worth at least 50 percent off. Click to read the rest of this post...
Oregon gas prices hit $3.88 - could this be the peak?
PORTLAND — The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Oregon has climbed to $3.88. That's the bad news. The good news is that experts believe gas prices have likely reached a peak, according to the Lundberg Survey. It said that lower demand and slower growth of oil prices may actually keep prices from passing the all-tiem record of $4.11 The average Oregon prices is ...
Philomath drug dog, Ilox, dies
K-9 had been with Philomath force since 2006
Oregon Senate schedules Monday vote on insurance exchange
The insurance industry has joined Gov. John Kitzhaber in supporting a compromise bill that has left consumer advocates disappointed.
Oregon Senate nears vote on insurance exchange
JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SALEM, Ore. After years of work to create an insurance exchange aimed at lowering health care costs for individuals and small businesses, the state Senate is finally preparing to vote on a carefully negotiated bill this week. But the compromise, which passed a Senate committee unanimously with support from the insurance industry, has left consumer advocates ...